Airports Council International (ACI) has defended airport privatization as one “viable solution” to the capacity crunch, following airline criticism of the model.

Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands will trial a new autonomous-vehicle baggage sorting system, named FLEET, which is being developed by Dutch logistics-automation company Vanderlande.

Tensions between increasing passenger numbers and limited airport expansion will lead to airport-based services being further decentralized, according to Lufthansa Group senior director-product management ground & digital services Bjorn Becker.

Dublin Airport operator DAA CEO Dalton Philips said the keys to remaining competitive are “humble” capital expenditure, tight cost control, faster passenger flows, standardization and innovation.

The effort to spin off US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA failed because it became too focused on the structure of a proposed ATC entity instead of detailing solutions for making air traffic management more efficient in the US, said Michael Huerta, whose five-year term as FAA administrator ended in January.

World ATM Congress briefs-March 7, 2018

In an opening address at the World ATM Congress on March 6, Spanish minister of public works Íñigo de la Serna announced that Spain will reduce the route charge airlines pay to use its airspace by 3% this year and 12% in 2019.

International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh has been approached by several companies interested in partnering to manage a terminal at London Heathrow Airport.